Mortal Mirror

Zhao Tuozi sneered, thinking to himself, "You little brat, daring to cheer when you only have the body of a mortal. I'll make sure you die without a burial ground."

Zhu Zhu cried out in alarm, wanting to get up and save Li Ergou, but her calf was in excruciating pain, making it impossible to move. She could only watch as Zhao Tuozi suddenly used force, pulling Li Ergou into the air and sending him flying towards him.

She then saw Zhao Tuozi clench his fist, with black demonic energy flashing on it. As soon as Li Ergou came over, the force of that punch would ensure Li Ergou's death beyond death.

Zhu Zhu felt sadness in her heart, thinking, 'Oh well, after you die, I will die too.' She could only say in her heart, 'Ergou(二狗: Ergou, a personal name), farewell. I'll be there to accompany you soon. It's a pity that the two of us will die in such a muddled way. I'm unwilling.'

At the same time, Li Ergou, suspended in mid-air, immediately summoned his martial arts true energy to his fist. Yes, his plan was this kind of exchange-death strategy. Although it was very stupid, it was the only opportunity to possibly allow Zhu Zhu to survive.

How could Zhao Tuozi know Li Ergou's thoughts? Martial arts cultivators below the third realm of martial arts, the Bone Forging Realm, are almost undetectable unless they use martial arts true energy.

Most importantly, martial arts is difficult, as difficult as ascending to the heavens. And wanting to activate martial arts true energy is even more difficult than activating divine path true energy. Not those with great perseverance and outstanding talent would easily choose this path. Even disciples of large families and sects rarely suggest embarking on the path of martial arts.

Therefore, Zhao Tuozi never imagined that Li Ergou would activate martial arts true energy. In his eyes, this was simply impossible and unrealistic. After all, Li Ergou was really skinny like a dog. Even with good food and drink now, he still didn't have much meat on his bones.

Aren't all martial arts cultivators muscular and robust? If not as strong as an ox, they should at least be tall and sturdy.

Li Ergou's appearance was simply too deceptive.

So, without any precautions, Zhao Tuozi punched at Li Ergou, who was about to approach. Li Ergou didn't dodge. After seeing the trajectory of Zhao Tuozi's fist clearly, he calculated. Zhao Tuozi's body was hunched, and his height was similar to his own current height. If he wanted to hit Zhao Tuozi's chest, Zhao Tuozi would also have to hit his own chest.

His body was sturdy. As long as he didn't have his chest blown apart, he might still have a chance to live. At this moment, Zhao Tuozi was right in front of him, not allowing him to think too much.

With a thought, he concentrated all his martial arts true energy on his right arm and fist. Immediately, he saw a layer of martial arts罡Qi, a kind of protective energy surrounding his fist.

Zhu Zhu, seeing that Li Ergou was about to die at the hands of Zhao Tuozi, couldn't bear to watch and closed her eyes, saying, "Ergouzi(二狗子: Ergouzi, a pet name for Ergou), don't be afraid. I hope in your next life, you can be born into a wealthy family."

Boom! Boom!

Two loud sounds rang out simultaneously. Zhao Tuozi's eyes were filled with disbelief. Li Ergou had taken his punch, but his chest wasn't blown apart by his fist as he had imagined. This kid's bones were as hard as steel.

How could he go all out when dealing with a mortal? He thought that using 30% of his magic power would turn this kid into meat paste, but in reality, this kid probably only had his chest bones broken.

Looking at himself, his entire chest exploded. He never dreamed that this inconspicuous kid was actually a hidden martial arts cultivator.

He was careless. If he hadn't been injured and his innate body-protecting true energy hadn't been broken, if he had been prepared, he wouldn't have had his chest blown apart by this kid's fist. If he had used more magic power, this kid would have been killed by him at the same time.

He had been cautious his whole life and had never made a single mistake, but he was deceived by this kid's appearance. He hated it, he regretted it. But time couldn't be turned back, spilled water couldn't be recovered, there was no 'if' in life, and there was no regret to speak of.

His voice trembled as he said, "You little brat, you're ruthless. What deep scheming."

Li Ergou only felt a sharp pain in his chest, a pain that penetrated to the bone marrow. He was in so much pain that he couldn't speak. Hearing Zhao Tuozi's words, he could only smile foolishly to express his regret.

Zhao Tuozi's eyes were filled with 30% unwillingness and 70% regret. He fell backward, his big eyes staring wide open, obviously unwilling and unable to rest in peace.

Looking at Zhao Tuozi's corpse, Li Ergou felt that the power of his punch just now was at least a thousand pounds. He didn't expect that this guy would be directly blown apart by him.

With a look of excitement, he only felt his whole body trembling and his legs a little weak. But that blow had actually consumed all of his three strands of hair-thin true energy. Those three strands of hair-thin true energy were still there, but they had become translucent.

In any case, he was overjoyed. At least he and Zhu Zhu could survive.

Zhu Zhu opened her eyes and was dumbfounded. She never thought that Li Ergou would kill Zhao Tuozi. This was simply too incredible. She couldn't understand how this kid could have so much power.

She quickly crawled to Li Ergou's side and said with a happy face, "You killed him."

Li Ergou barely sat up and said, "Yeah, we don't have to die. I did it. I originally thought that I would exchange injuries for injuries with him. If he was injured and I didn't die immediately, I would hold him back to give you a chance to escape. But I didn't expect that this guy was useless. He couldn't withstand a single blow from me."

Zhu Zhu was slightly stunned. She didn't know if this Li Ergou was really stupid or pretending to be stupid. He was willing to sacrifice himself for others. In fact, if he didn't care about her, he might really have a chance to escape.

With this thought, she couldn't help but mutter, "You idiot."

Li Ergou smiled foolishly and said, "It's okay, it's okay. I survived, but he's dead. Maybe my ancestors for eighteen generations are all showing their spirit to bless me."

Zhu Zhu suddenly thought of something and immediately asked, "That's not right. Even if you have great strength, you can't blow up a person's body. Are you hiding something from me?"

Li Ergou scratched his head and said, "Hehe, actually, actually I activated martial arts, but my martial arts true energy is very, very little. I don't know how I killed him. Seeing how powerful he was, his body shouldn't be so fragile. I think, maybe it's because this guy is too old."

Perhaps only Zhao Tuozi himself knew the real reason, and he also knew how wronged he was to die. But he could only take this secret to the grave, and no one would ever know.

Zhu Zhu opened her mouth wide and said in disbelief, "You, you really activated martial arts."

Li Ergou nodded and said, "Yeah, but unfortunately I don't have martial arts techniques and I don't know how to cultivate at all. So you saw, my martial arts true energy is just a tiny bit, better than nothing. But I didn't expect that, unexpectedly, it would still exert such a big role."